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[–] Triumph@fedia.io 32 points 6 days ago

I mean, it's not wrong.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It's easy to laugh about this stuff but they really started at first principles and we're still benefitting from the progress they made.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Laugh all you want, but all of modern logic and science is based on their work.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If I had been there I could have come up with "zero" and "one" too

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The concept and discovery of zero is actually pretty complex in its own right. We take it for granted now, but it isn't an obvious concept.

https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/MathEd/index.php/2022/08/25/the-men-who-invented-zero/

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Seems pretty obvious to me.

/s

[–] CoconutCream@piefed.zip 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If only there was something that would convert energy into motion…

[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 33 points 6 days ago (1 children)
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[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

You forgot the part where a strawman makes some incredulous statements, and then the Mary Sue stand-in for the author obliterates them with their oh-so cleaver and wise words.

[–] myotheraccount@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Unless you put windows into the trunk, in which case the windows do make up the cargo

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

I'm pretty sure that ancient Greek cars didn't have windows

[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I am not a hairy man.

Some women are not attracted to hairless men.

Therefore, no matter what I do, some women will not be attracted to me.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The economy rises ... the economy goes down ... there are socially minded people everywhere ... it's the leftists that affect the economy

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

maga modern philosophy, probably:

cars have windows and move but houses have windows and don't move so the radical violent left is trying to kill us and take away our guns and free speech so we have to get them before they get us and also so stupid shit that makes life miserable for everyone so we can ensure the evil left suffers